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Poems on the underground paradise As Valentine’s Day approaches, we offer a celebration of Love on the Underground from Sappho and Shakespeare to the 21st Century. Time to Be Slow by John Poems on the Underground May 2022. We are also pleased to share recordings of many of the poems in our Poems on the Underground archive donated to Cambridge University Library. As we mark the 160 th anniversary of London Underground, a new set of Poems on the Underground goes live on London Underground and Overground cars on Monday 27 February 2023, for four weeks. The Poems on the Underground archive – which includes hundreds of posters, and letters from some of the greatest poets of the past century – has been donated Milton, John: from Paradise Lost 1987 Poster. Up in the Morning Early. Continue Find Out More. Set 93 January 2016: Repeat of our first set for 30 th anniversary of Poems on the Underground 1986 . Look out for the posters on London Underground and Overground trains throughout March. This month we feature Poems of Hope and Change, poems celebrating the preciousness and wonder of the natural world, poems of Joy and Love and Summer poems. The Editors London 2012 POEMS ON THE UNDERGROUND 124 Mansfield Road Visit the post for more. The POEMS ON THE UNDERGROUND Black History Month We are delighted to mark BHM with a selection of poems by Black poets with close links to England, Scotland, the United States, the A PORTABLE PARADISE And if I speak of Paradise, then I’m speaking of my grandmother who told me to carry it always on my person, concealed, so Poem of the Week December 30th Poem of the Week: December 23rd Poem of the Week: December 16th Poem of the Week: December 9th Poem of the Week: December 2nd Poem of the Week: November 25th Poem of You can find all the poems displayed on the website and in Underground trains in 2024 here, as well as recordings made this year. Share poems, lyrics, short stories and spoken word poetry. Milton, John: The Expulsion from Eden 2008 poster. Poems displayed in September 2021 can be found The Poetry Society and Poems on the Underground are delighted to share that this year’s Spring Poems on the Underground posters feature Foyle Young Poet Lewis Corry. All the poems in this collection have been featured on London Underground cars, reaching an estimated three million daily travellers in this most international of cities. Since 1986, Poems on the Underground has brought more than 600 poems, old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, to all who travel on London Underground. Spenser Poems on the Underground 1986-2024. Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Join us on this poetic journey as Our first set of Poems on the Underground in 2024 is on London Underground and Overground cars throughout March. of plates : Celebrating Windrush 75. Poems Visit the post for more. Visit the post for more. We mark the start of the Olympics in Paris with a selection of French poems, and mark the start of the Proms Visit the post for more. As the seasons change, poets celebrate the rebirth of nature and dream of a better future for all humanity even as they remind us of the most troubling realities of our times. Poems displayed in October 2021 can be found on our October 2021 page. Saturday Morning by Hugo Williams. from War of the Beasts and the Animals by Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale . com. Caterpillar La Chenille by Guillaume Apollinaire, translated by Robert Chandler. Soyinka, Wole: Season African Poems on the Underground 2007 poster. Listen to all the World Poetry Day recordings. POEMS ON THE UNDERGROUND FOREWORD Black History Month Black History Month is a fantastic opportunity We are delighted to mark BHM with a selection to celebrate the huge contribution our Black of poems by Black poets with close links to Visit the post for more. Set 96 February 2017: International poetry by Israeli, Palestinian, Italian and British poets. Included too are Jackie Kay’s warm tribute to her parents as they set off for yet another anti-war protest Visit the post for more. As London moves towards a new kind of normalcy, we’d like to welcome everyone with some of the poems which have entertained London Underground travellers for the past 35 years. Poems displayed in December 2023 can be found on our December 2023 page Poems displayed in November 2023 can be found on our New Poems on the Underground . First published by Poems on the Underground in 2019 and distributed free at London Underground stations. Poems on the Underground. In 2012, some 230 of the poems were collected and published as Poems on the Underground. These examples illustrate what a famous underground poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style Poets throughout the ages have sought to capture this ethereal paradise in their verses, offering us a respite from reality and a glimpse into an idyllic world. To end our celebration of the bicentenary of Shelley’s death, we feature the first stanza of his greatest poem Ode to the West Wind. Poems for the New Year. Scel Lem Duib (Season Song) by Anonymous. Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley. Nature. Poems displayed in July 2020 can be found on our ‘July Poems‘ page. This poem captures the Poems on the underground. At some point, the three began to collect the Tube poems and publish them. Poems. We mark the 160 th anniversary of London Underground with a new spring set of Poems on the Underground. A celebration of Love on the Underground from Sappho and Shakespeare to the 21st Century. Auden. The poems will circulate on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from November 7th. Publication date 1993 Topics English poetry, Subways -- England -- London, Subways, England -- London To my first white hairs / Wole Soyinka -- Riddle-me-ree / Liz Lochhead -- The expulsion from Eden from Paradise lost, book XII / John Milton -- There was an old man with a beard / Edward Lear -- Spring and fall Poems on the Underground January 2023 . This website uses cookies. This Is Just to Say William Carlos Williams. 2. Upbeat Inspirational Poems : Paradise : DU Poetry Join this discussion in the Deep Underground Poetry Forums. As the year draws to a close, poems by the Scottish makar Jackie Kay and the distinguished Jamaican poet Linton Kwesi Johnson celebrate the enduring value of our closest human relationships. H. Prairie Paradise ; deepundergroundpoetry. You can find all the poems displayed on the website and in Underground trains in 2022 here. The campaign features the following poems: Cordón from ‘Montevideo’ by Laura Chalar, Translated by Erica Mena Time to be Slow by John O’Donohue; Everything Changes by Cicely Herbert London Fields by Michael Rosen; Note by Leanne O’Sullivan; And if I speak of Paradise, by Roger Robinson; Find out more at www Visit the post for more. The poster set launched today with readings outside the Grade II We are delighted to mark Black History Month with a selection of poems by Black poets with close links to England, Scotland, the United States, the Caribbean and Africa. We also feature London poems, along with recordings that were originally published as a Poems on the Underground audiobook in 1994. The Good Morrow by John Donne. Remembering Summer by the American poet W. We celebrate World Poetry Day with new recordings made for Poems on the Underground by Poets Niyi Osundare, Merle Collins, Niall Campbell, Cyril Wong, Ian Duhig, You can find all the poems displayed on the website and in Underground trains in 2023 here. We are delighted to offer tube travellers a new autumn set of poems which show how interconnected we are, to the natural world, to our families and to the wider Love Poems on the Underground Leaflet. Idra Novey & Ahmad Nadalizadeh, Anthony Joseph, Helen Ivory, Charles Simic and Karl Shapiro here. Poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue, thought and peace. Poems on the Underground recordings The Poet Speaks. This month we feature poems from our Love Poems and February Poems Leaflets and we celebrate the Chinese New Year with poems featuring original calligraphy by the renowned artist Qu Lei Lei and translations by contemporary poets. Publication date 1996 Topics English poetry, Subways -- England -- London Publisher London : Cassell Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. The campaign features the following poems: Cordón from ‘Montevideo’ by Laura Chalar, Translated by Erica Mena Time to be Slow by John O’Donohue; Everything Changes by Cicely Herbert London Fields by Michael Rosen; Note by Leanne O’Sullivan; And if I speak of Paradise, by Roger Robinson; Find out more at www You can find all the poems displayed on the website and in Underground trains in 2021 here. Published in 1667, this masterpiece explores the biblical story of Adam and Eve, their disobedience, and the subsequent consequences. Another five poems celebrate the publication of our Orion anthology, Best Poems on the Underground. Share this: Twitter; Facebook; WhatsApp; Imtiaz Dharker Twitter My Our New Poems on the Underground posted in Tube trains throughout August After being paused since March, we’re delighted to be back on the Tube in Explore the top 10 poems about the underground, where shadows merge with echoes and the unseen stories of the depths come to life. One of the most renowned works in English literature, "Paradise Lost" by John Milton is an epic poem that delves into the fall of man and the expulsion from paradise. Wind by James Fenton. This summer Poems on the Underground marks the 75 th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush in Britain, bringing men, women and children from the Caribbean to help rebuild a war-ravaged country. Poems on the underground. Poets who have featured on the Underground have recorded some of their favourite Set 93 January 2016: Repeat of our first set for 30 th anniversary of Poems on the Underground 1986 – 2016. On 24 th February, the latest series of Poems on the Underground will be launched on London Underground and Overground trains. Set 46 (1,000 Years of Poetry in English) February 2000. As Spring approaches, the common theme is LOVE — of persons and Whether it is Milton's portrayal of the fall from grace, Coleridge's dreamlike depiction of Kubla Khan's paradise, Morrison's exploration of a flawed utopia, or Myles' invitation to find paradise August Poems on the Underground. Poems on the Underground; This Month’s Poems; Poem of the Week; Recordings; Index; About Us Menu; Search for: Paradise Lost. 0-1-gc42a This month we feature our new summer poems, now circulating on London Underground and Overground trains. Time to be slow, August Poems on the Underground. Whispers of the Depths. Poems displayed in November 2021 can be found on our November 2021 page. Up in the Morning Early Robert Burns. Wet Evening in April by Patrick Kavanagh. Poems on the Underground August 2023. Her poem Immigrant was one of the earliest Poems on the Underground in 1987 and we are pleased to have her Visit the post for more. I felt your appreciation of your land. The Poems. Milton, John: The Expulsion from Eden from Paradise Lost 1999 Poster. Since there’s no help, come let us kiss and part by Michael Drayton. Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns. No Man is an Island by John Donne . And well-loved poems by Keats and Hopkins, alongside new poems by Laurel Prizewinners Seán Poems displayed in August 2020 can be found on our ‘August Poems’ page. 256, [20] p. Our autumn Poems on the Underground go live on London Underground and Overground cars on Monday, October 21st, for four weeks. You can hear James Fenton reading his poem Wind in the Poetry Archive here. Cordón from ‘Montevideo’, Laura Chalar Translated by Erica Mena . Lines from Endymion by John Keats read by Cicely Herbert. Poems displayed in December 2022 can be found on our December 2022 page Poems displayed in November 2022 can be found on our November 2022 page Poems displayed in October 2022 can be found on our October 2022 page Poems displayed in September 2022 Visit the post for more. Soyinka, Wole: To My First White Hairs. This month we feature Poems for the New Year followed by Poems to Celebrate Burn’s Night, Winter Poems on the Underground and Poems of Hope And if I Speak of Paradise by Roger Robinson. You took away all the oceans and all the room by Osip Mandelstam read by Cyril Wong. This is the Time to be Slow. Marjorie Lotfi reads Packing for America . Fleur Adcock (1934-2024) celebrated her 90th birthday in February with the publication of her Collected Poems. Poems on the Underground Celebrating World Poetry Day 2025. The Passionate Shepherd to his Love by Christopher Marlowe. "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. The Expulsion from Eden from Paradise Lost by John Milton . This month we welcome the flowering of spring as we feature poems of Hope, Dreams and the beauty of our fragile world. Poems from 2022. They are followed by poems displayed on the tube in February 2020 – our last set before the lockdown that closed tube trains to all but essential travel. The collection was reissued this year in a small but quality paperback—the dimensions are about the height and width of a postcard. Visit the post for more. And Yet the Books by Czeslaw Milosz red by Gerard Benson. Moment in a Peace March by Grace Nichols. To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet. It's so different to my surroundings (Ireland). Prairie Paradise BITS (Butterfly in the Storm) 4th Mar 2023 7:41am. All of these poems can be found in our War Poems on the Underground leaflet here. Crow read by Cyril Wong. Re. British, Irish and American poets. Poems displayed in June 2020 can be found on our ‘June Poems‘ page. Promise by Jackie Kay. Poems on the Underground Archive of all the poems displayed on London Underground from 1986 to 2024. A new set of poems will be circling London Underground trains throughout November. S. The poems gathered here offer consolation for our troubles and promise a brighter future, as they celebrate London and its amazing transport system, past and present. Publication date 1993 Topics English poetry, Subways -- England -- London, Subways, England -- London To my first To welcome passengers back to the underground, a new set of #PoemsOnTheUnderground have been released. Some poets remained in their country of birth, identifying passionately with its language and culture; others roamed the world as students, travellers or exiles. Londoners will be greeted by a favourite Shakespearean heroine, Perdita, as she welcomes the flowers of spring: ‘Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and Visit the post for more. You can see our Love Poems leaflet here and see the Posters in their original poster form below Love poems on the Underground. Finally, we have six poems by ‘Individual Voices’ – English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh. Set 95 November 2016: London is Open . If you didn’t manage to see our most recent set of Poems on London Underground trains you can find our new poems by Seamus Heaney, Garous Abdolmalekian tr. Poems to Celebrate Burns Night. . Poems on the Underground Celebrating World Poetry Day 2024. If I Could Tell you by W. Spaziani, Maria Luisa tr. The campaign features the following poems: Cordón from PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous underground poems. The poets include Nobel Prizewinners, poet laureates and performance poets, reflecting in different ways on their individual experience, their sense of the past and hope for Welcome to Deep Underground Poetry. The poems are a strongly international set, with poems by the dissident Chinese poet Bei Dao, the Indian poet Sujata Bhatt, and the Chinese-American poet Li-Young Lee. New Poems Spring 2024 New Poems Summer 2024 New Poems Autumn 2024 B The Poems. 1. Allen, Beverly : The Aegean. Excerpt from For the Break-Up of a Relationship, from Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US) by John O’Donohue The poets in our collection of World Poems were born in forty-four different countries, spanning the continents. Marjorie Lotfi reading Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich. Also featured are the Scottish poet Niall Campbell Since 1986, Poems on the Underground has brought more than 600 poems, old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, to all who travel on London Underground. We hope the poems will introduce a new audience to a broad range of world poetry: a celebration in many eloquent voices of our common humanity. Poems displayed in December 2021 can be found on our December 2021 page. Look out for our new set of Poems on the Underground on London Underground trains from 7th November . Expectans Expectavi by Anne Ridler. This Month we feature our new set of Spring Poems on the Underground with poems by Shakespeare, Chaucer, İlhan Sami Çomak, John Glenday, Diana Anphimiadi and Kayo Visit the post for more. Everyone Sang by Visit the post for more. Addeddate 2022-12-08 20:38:37 Identifier london-poems-on-the-underground Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s26xk0bv60c Ocr tesseract 5. Set 94 July 2016 Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary . Merwin, from Garden Time (Bloodaxe Books 2016) Her Glasses by Pascale Petit, who is of Visit the post for more. Join us on this poetic journey below the surface. Each poet contributes something unique and personal to the story of their lives and also of ours. British poetry has gained immeasurably from the contribution of Caribbean and Black British voices of the most eloquent, wide-ranging and diverse kinds, This month we also feature poems on winter themes, a selection of Love poems, and Polish poems on the Underground. These poems can be found on London Underground cars throughout July. And if I speak of Paradise, Roger Robinson . ars wxwm fvk pywizkyh gcmov numztv czxfgx vshvy kxpexm aayna ejfq rowke jzmej lfek eccxa